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Yes, they did. At Meadowbank, in western Sydney. If anybody knows, it would be interesting to find out whether these factories really started manufacturing from scratch using tooling sent from USA, or whether they just assembled kits sent from USA which then allowed us Aussies to believe we'd...

How wonderful! And you have its original packaging as well, with the Hoover Red printing ink

I have a Hoover 262 ... ... but no dolls house. I saw it on eBay a long time ago and thought it was cute

Thanks - and what another great find! That one was apparently set to a pop song of the era. All the old advertising is fascinating. I've been enjoying the Christmas, Food and Song threads elsewhere on the site, so thanks to those contributors as well

Broken Link? Hi Kirbyman65 (Jack), So there are two of us who need practice! I couldn't open the latest link you posted. Hopefully you can update it so we can all enjoy another one of those old ads. Nick

What a great ad! I can't get over how they'd invest 1 minute 37 seconds into an advertisement. Perhaps it was for cinemas, so it wouldn't have been anywhere near as expensive as if you wanted that amount of time on modern television. My German is rusty. The words go more or less like this...

Reply #1 - Badaboom ... ... tish

Great find! I hope it cleans up and runs well after you work on it

Brilliant! What a wonderful piece of craftsmanship

And the video ... ... to save you searching...

Andy chance it's Jerry Lewis in "Who's Minding t There's a segment in that where a Convertible bag blows up like a balloon and it floats around the sales floor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Minding_the_Store%3F

Very interesting I'd never thought about it before, however I'd assumed that Australia would have supplied much of the NZ market back then. NZ would have made an obvious market for things like Hoover, Sunbeam, GE and so on that were made/assembled here in AU. I don't know the history of F&P...

RIP Fred You'll always be in the memories of your many friends here and on automaticwasher.org

Electronics versus Electrical? I'm in Australia. Back in the day the department you bought mixers, vacuums, washers etc was often called "Electrical" or "Appliances". The word "electronic" referred to solidstate devices, such as transistor radios. There's a possibility TVs and radios were...

Memories! Oh, they were all models available in AU ... so if in CA as well, then that just shows how all things are global. Godfrey's no longer trades in the used market, however you can still buy new machines and spare parts through them.